Thursday, April 14, 2016

School reconstitution has a major impact only in the first year

School reconstitution, a turnaround strategy that prescribes massive
staffing turnover, is expected to result in more committed
and capable school staff and innovative practices.
However, little evidence supports this assumption.

This study assesses the impact of reconstitution on
student achievement and teacher mobility, finding that reconstitution
affected
teacher mobility and improved student achievement
in the first year of the reform, with continued but smaller impacts in
the
out years.

The authors find that
initial
re-staffing and strategic planning may have
promoted balance between exploring new and exploiting existing
knowledge. Over
time, however, balanced, mutual learning was not
sustained.